Re: Weird framebuffer bug?

[Antonino A. Daplas]

grfgguvf.29601511@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> --- Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> And if you can't specify
> the actual resolution with vesafb, try nvidiafb.
> 
> 
> 
> I have specified the actual
> resolution. Text mode with vesafb fills the whole screen (and the on-screen
> menu says 1024x768 which is the native resolution of the monitor). The screenshot
> I took when using X via fbdev (set to 1024x768 too) while the displaying was
> erroneous is 1024x768 as well. It somehow just doesn't reach the monitor in
> that form.
> 

Does the same thing happens with different color depths?

Can you try using the "vesa" driver with X?  If the same thing happens, it might
be a problem with the BIOS.

BTW, what does dmesg and fbset -i say?

Tony

PS: I'll be traveling in a few hours, so I may not be able to answer back.
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